1 Welcome to Advanced PC Configuration
1.3A Brief Introduction to Tools and Utilities
Once you have installed the SIMATIC NET software, you have the following tools available:
Basic tools:
Station Configuration Editor
With this tool, you insert the modules and components into the “virtual” slots of the PC station and assign them addresses and parameters.
Project engineering tool SIMATIC NCM PC
SIMATIC NCM PC is a version of STEP 7 specially for project engineering of PC stations. It provides the full range of features of STEP 7 for PC stations.
Additional tools / utilities:
PC Station Wizard
The PC Station Wizard supports you when creating projects in SIMATIC NCM PC or STEP 7. It allows the automatic adoption of configuration on the local PC station. This helps you to make sure that your configuration data is consistent.
Symbol File Configurator
With the Symbol File Configurator, you can create symbol files that allow you the option of access to symbolic variables over the SIMATIC NET OPC server.
Configuration Console
The Configuration Console provides a variety of options for configuration and diagnostics of PC hardware components and PC user programs as well as the OPC server.
SIMATIC NET Information Service
The information service displays information on events that occurred due to activated trace requests. Trace requests can be made in the Configuration Console.
OPC Scout
With the OPC Scout, you can test an OPC application or commission the OPC server.
DCOM Settings (Windows system program)
To allow a client to use a COM object on another computer, the properties of the COM object must be configured on the client and on the remote computer.
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